Maud Committee, 1940 - 1941

Series

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CKFT 10

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

Papers comprising laboratory notebooks, articles, lectures, correspondence and photographs.
Also includes records of the Kapitza Club, 1922-58 and 1966, and copy papers of the Maud Committee, 1940-1.
With offprints of papers by Ernest Rutherford, 1872-1913.

Dates

Creation: 1940 - 1941

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Biographical / Historical

The Maud Committee was established by the British Government in 1940 to investigate the possibility of developing a nuclear weapon and made its final report before disbanding in July 1941.